Clothing designer John Varvatos, whose new shop on the Bowery replaced CBGB, is still trying to play up his punk rock bona fides, telling the New York Post that his first concert was an Iggy and the Stooges show in 1970. “Even back then, he performed shirtless. More »
After his upcoming album (you know, the one with Iggy Pop on it) comes out, Fatboy Slim will no longer be Fatboy Slim. It’s almost surprising that it’s taken Norman Cook so long to realize that his moniker means “words on a loop back in the late ’90s words on a loop back in the late ’90s words on a loop words on a loop loop loop loop lplplplpllplpplp!” and that much of the world will always be embarrassed at how novel and fascinating they found such a gimmick. (I know I am.) The name may have had some residual weight with the ad execs who made sure we heard at least two of his jams during every commercial break in 1999, but it’s time to move on. And to what, you ask?
Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry and The Stooges have been added to the line-up for Baltimore’s Virgin Fest, to be held on August 9-10. The Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails and Stone Temple Pilots have already been announced as headliners, so it looks like new parents as well as new grandparents will have acts they enjoy. For the kids, there’s Paramore and Lil Wayne, and a dance tent featuring Moby, Underworld and Richie Hawtin! Actually, that dance tent’s probably for the parents too. Full line up after the jump.
Someone is paying Fatboy Slim to make another album, and Iggy Pop is going to warble on it. “I’ve done a track with him and a few others as well,” says the late-’90s techno duck. “We’ve been mates for years. He always comes to see me at shows and I’m like, ‘You’re Iggy Pop, what are you doing here?'” Good question. It’s possible that the Stooges’ less than transcendent arrangement of “Ray Of Light” inspired him to get a slighty (slightly) less outdated groove on. Or maybe he hope to score another “Aisha.”
Yeah guys, I mean…not like I was expecting some kinda “L.A. Blues” blowout as a big raspberry in the face of the HOF and I love both Ig and “Ray Of Light” but… Maybe “Burnin’ Up” was better? Madonna’s blatant disinterest in whatever’s going around her is still kinda disarming? More »
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, perhaps looking to bolster the rocker cred of one its most undeniably pop inductees yet, is going a little left field with its choice of performers to pay tribute to Madonna at next week’s induction ceremony: Iggy & The Stooges. Then again, it’s not clear who would be a more obvious choice as a younger heir apparent to the singer’s legacy of blonde ambition, given the more wholesome new crop of Disneyfied starlets, and the fact that the pop tarts of yesteryear that Madonna previously passed the torch to with her tongue are currently popping out babies or otherwise, er, indisposed.
Mr. Stooge recently caused some Brits to get their knickers in a twist when he casually dropped a bit of old-school racism while under the glare of the TV Eye.
“Ahh…yep, it’s still there. Now where was I?” Mr. Pop performs with the Stooges Saturday night in Macedonia. More »